Solace in a Book

Poems wanted for Persephone / Demeter anthology

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Kathleen Aguero, who contributed  the poem "Turkey Pond: Scattering the Ashes" to Solace in So Many Words, checked in the other day. She has a poem titled in “Liberty Hotel, Boston” in  the June issue of Ocean State Review. She also mentioned that she and colleague Alison Stone are working on an anthology.  Here is the info: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Kathleen Aguero and Alison Stone are seeking work for an anthology of poems based on the Persephone and Demeter … [Read more...]

Printers Row Lit Fest– be sure to visit Tent L!

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Weighed Words will be selling Solace in So Many Words at the Printers Row Lit Fest which is this weekend, June 9 and 10, from 10 until 6 each day.  You can get all the details of events and readings at the Chicago Tribune's site.  The Lit Fest takes place on Dearborn Street from Congress to Polk Street, in the historic Printer's Row. Look for us  in TENT L, which is in the middle of the action, near Grace Place Episcopal Church at 637 Dearborn. Sponsored by the Chicago … [Read more...]

E. Michael Desilets’ “Tom sums it up on Saturday”

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Tom sums it up on Saturday His brain was a big gray balloon and he let go of the string his frontal lobes now sky high as well as atrophied. Whose fault was this? There was no one to blame. No one whose name he could remember.   He unplugged the phone and shoved it under the bed. He was exhausted from pretending to know all the voices. The universe was full of cousins who had his number. Still Groucho said Hello, I must … [Read more...]

Summer reading (or what contributors are up to)

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Looking for something to read this summer? Everyone--Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist-- is excited about Solace in So Many Words contributor Joe Meno's new novel Office Girl. Published by Akashic Books, it is due out July 3. Ann McNeal ("Faith") has a new book too. Published by Nuthatch Press, it is called The Spaces Between.  BTW, if you have attended a reading of Solace in So Many Words, chances are you have heard me read "Faith." The poem sums up a lot of my … [Read more...]